m Health Regional perspectives Region Vstra Gtaland Sweden

m. Health Regional perspectives Region Västra Götaland, Sweden Robert Sinclair

Region Västra Götaland

Why regional perspectives? • m. Health may have direct impact on the medical and care services provided by regions responsible for planning, financing and delivery of healthcare • Having, in accordance, direct impact on the quality of and the way of organizing, staffing, financing, developing and delivering health- and medical care to regional citizens and visitors

Health and medical care in Region Västra Götaland shall be: • • • Safe Patient focused Knowledge based Equal Offered in acceptable time Effective

Possibilities • Support the six characteristics of care • Raise efficiency (better healthcare per krona) • Support three major trends in healthcare – Integrated care – Clinical guidelines – Patient centeredness • Support exchange of healthcare experiences

Obstacles • Practical difficulties – Reimbursement for mhealth services – Legal and responsibility issues – Develop solid business models involving mhealth

m. Health • Helpline (in Sweden: phone 112, 1177 and web www. 1177. se) • Education and awareness • Diagnostic and treatment support at points of care • Remote monitoring • Remote data collection • Communication and training for healthcare workers • Disease and epidemic outbreak tracking

Ways forward • Emergency response systems (e. g. , road traffic accidents, emergency obstetric care) • Human resources coordination, management, and supervision • Diagnostic support and clinician-focused, evidence-based database and decision support information and documentation possibilities available at the point-of-care • Remote patient monitoring • Training and continuous professional development for health care workers • Health-related information/learning for the general public • Health promotion and community mobilization • Support of long-term conditions

METIS • ICT in prehospital acute care/”ambulance care” • Open arena – health care (civil and defense) + academy + companies, all stakeholders clustered around Lindholmen Science Park in Göteborg, Region Västra Götaland • Practical tools supporting various aspects of mobile medical care • Deliverables: 1. A handbook with guidelines 2. Testbeds 3. Tests and verifications 4. Implementation